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Auction History Result 7y0381 EL REY DE LOS GORILAS Italian 2p 1978 King of the Gorillas, cool Tarzan rip-off art, rare! Date Sold 3/16/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original 1978 (from the first release of this movie in Italy) Vintage Theatrical Folded Italian Two-Panel (known in Italy as a "4 Fogli") Movie Poster (2p; measures 55" x 78" [140 x 198 cm]) (Learn More) El Rey de los Gorilas (literally translates to "King of the Gorillas"), the 1977 Rene Cardona Jr. Mexican jungle adventure melodrama (about a scientific expedition in Africa, leaving only an infant who is raised by apes, and grows up and becomes the head of their tribe, and he becomes a local legend, "the White Ape", and Europeans hear of him, and send an expedition to find him) starring Hugo Stiglitz (as "Ape"), Peggy Bass, Jorge Graham, Martin Espinosa, and Aurelio Sparrow. It appears this movie was never released in the U.S. If the above plot summary sounds extremely familiar, it is because it is largely the plot of the first half of the 1914 novel, "Tarzan of the Apes", by Edgar Rice Burroughs! But oddly, it is more faithful to that novel than any of the licensed adaptations made between 1918 and the present day! The movie was completely unlicensed (and was filmed entirely in Mexico, which explains the lack of elephants, which are not native to Mexico), and it being unlicensed explains why the name Tarzan does not appear in the movie (or on the posters), and we imagine there were lawsuits against it. If anyone knows more about any of this, please e-mail us and we will post it here. NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Important Added Info: Note that we have never before auctioned this Italian poster! Also note that this Italian two-panel was printed in 2 sections designed to overlap. Condition: very good. Learn More about condition grades 
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